Zombicide - Why is this worth over $800?

[Neil]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zombicide-Season-1-Set-1-Survivors-RARE-Special-Characters-/131092201519?pt=Games_US&hash=item1e85b4402f

Why would someone spend $800 on this?

[AcesandEights]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zombicide-Season-1-Set-1-Survivors-RARE-Special-Characters-/131092201519?pt=Games_US&hash=item1e85b4402f

Why would someone spend $800 on this?

I don't get it either!

Even looking through the original kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/zombicide?ref=live) that brought the project to fruition with lower prices doesn't seem reasonable.

GAME CONTENTS

71 miniatures (28mm "Heroic" scale): 6 Survivors, 40 Walkers, 16 Runners, 8 Fatties and 1 Abomination
110 mini-cards (42 Zombie cards, 62 Equipment cards, 6 Wounded cards)
9 gaming tiles
6 dice
6 Survivor Identity Cards
24 advancement counters
4 Cars tokens (police car and pimp mobile)
18 Noise tokens
10 Objective tokens
12 Door tokens
6 Zombie spawn tokens
1 "First player" token
1 Exit point token


:duh:

[MoonSylver]

Dave Zomb'Ivor
El Cholo Zomb'Ivor
Nick Zomb'Ivor
Eagle Chaz (chuck norris look alike)
Eagle Chaz Zomb'Ivor
Troy the Traveler
Troy Zomb'Ivor
The CardBoard Samurai
Samurai Zomb'Ivor


All cards are Shrink Wrapped and Included.


You get the following Special Boxes


NEVER OPENED


El Cholo
Dave the Geek
Nick Walker
Claudia the Rebel
MARVIN The Bodyguard
Eva the Artist
Ivy the Hit Girl
and a big special Zombie in a plastic Case



Kickstarter exclusives. A big part of the KS for Season one & two are KS exclusive miniatures/characters that you can only get for pledging & will never be available to the general public. They have been drawing big $ from resellers.

It's a sales model that I f*cking loathe & refuse to support. TBH it took a lot of my enthusiasm for Zombicide away. I bought the bases set & the expansions retail, but feck all if all the KS brew-ha-ha doesn't irritate me.

I'll stick to Last Night on Earth thank you. :)

[Rancid Carcass]

Why would someone spend $800 on this?

Maybe the miniatures are genuinely carved out of the bones of the dead... :shifty:

[Neil]

Maybe the miniatures are genuinely carved out of the bones of the dead... :shifty:

...and move!

Well for over $1000 (which is where the bidding is now) surely they must!

[AcesandEights]

...and move!

Well for over $1000 (which is where the bidding is now) surely they must!

I don't always trust the validity of crazy dollar amount bids I sometimes see on eBay.

[clanglee]

I don't always trust the validity of crazy dollar amount bids I sometimes see on eBay.
http://www.liquidwarelabsblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dos_equis-300x300.jpeg
But when I do. . .

[MoonSylver]

I don't always trust the validity of crazy dollar amount bids I sometimes see on eBay.

I'd say you can trust this one. A complete set of all the KS exclusives for have been fetching well north of $500-$800.

Don't underestimate the allure of exclusives on gamers with disposable income. Steve Jackson's "Ogre" Designers Edition regularly starts at $250+. Games Workshops limited reprint of "Space Hulk" starts at about $300 & has fetched over $1000 before.

Rare, collectible, & out-of-print= big $ in gaming. :|

[Neil]

Approaching $1100!

[Neil]

$1,625.00

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Did I mention...
$1,625.00!!!